FREE online distance learning courses in MFL Posted on 20 November 2015 by Kent-Teach in EdTech | General Do you currently teach or wish to teach French or Spanish in Primary schools? Are you looking to enhance your CV and add extra dimension to your portfolio for employers? The University of Warwick’s Centre for Professional Education is offering three new FREE online distance learning courses in Modern Foreign Languages starting in November 2015, funded by the Department of Education. Read More...
Inspecting Safeguarding in Early Years, Education and Skills Settings Posted on 19 November 2015 by Rebecca Avery - E-Safety Officer in EdTech This post highlights elements reflective of online safety. Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework can be found here. Read More...
What makes an outstanding teacher? #KTChat Posted on 11 November 2015 by Kent-Teach in EdTech | General Thank you to those who joined us on Wednesday 4th November for our #OutstandingTeacher Twitter Chat. We had current Headteachers, James Tibbles and Graham Chisnell, join us as well as retired Headteacher, Julia Skinner, and other teaching professionals, together sharing their expertise. What a brilliant session it was! Read More...
01 Online Safety within Ofsted’s new “Common Inspection Framework” from September 2015 Posted on 29 October 2015 by Rebecca Avery E-Safety Officer in EdTech | General On the 15th June 2015, Ofsted published their new common inspection framework and handbooks for Ofsted inspectors which come into effect from September 2015. The blog post will highlight the changes within the Common Inspection Framework. Subsequent posts will highlight online Safety content within Inspecting Safeguarding as well as identifying content for specific settings... Read More...
#OutstandingTeacher Twitter Chat Posted on 21 October 2015 by Kent-Teach in EdTech | General On Wednesday 4 November, @kentschooljobs will be hosting "Outstanding Teachers Twitter Chat" with educational experts from across Kent and beyond. Read More...
Driving a Twitter Culture in School Posted on 5 October 2015 by Katerina in EdTech Did you know there are around 100,000 estimated educators using twitter around the world? That’s 99,000 people in the education industry you could connect, share and collaborate with outside the classroom. Pretty powerful stuff! Read More...
Social Media Age Restrictions - Be in the Know Posted on 29 September 2015 by Kent-Teach in EdTech his useful inforgram gives the age restrictions for each social media platform according to their terms of service. Knowing the age restrictions can help you manage how you are using social media as a learning tool within school. Read More...
Are your WhatsApp Settings Private? Posted on 1 September 2015 by Kent-Teach in EdTech Like many social media sites, WhatsApp sets your default privacy settings to public but you can easily change that. The process varied only slightly between different mobile devices. Read More...
How Private is your Instagram Profile? Posted on 29 August 2015 by Kent-Teach in EdTech Instagram privacy settings aren't quite as robust as Facebook. However, there's plenty you can do to control your visibility. You can only change your privacy settings using your mobile device. Read on to find out how. Read More...
10 Really Useful Apps for Teachers Posted on 27 August 2015 by Samantha Vandersteen in EdTech Schools can have a bit of a love/hate relationship with digital technology but there are hundreds of apps that aim to make a teacher’s life easier. Take a look at these 10 apps that we think can help you both in and outside of the classroom. Read More...